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Wednesday, December 13, 2017

Tala Village in Raigad District of Maharashtra.

Tala Village is around 16 KM away from Ghosala base
village for Ghosalgad fort. Directions to reach are tagged on google maps.

By the time we reached Tala Village, the time was around 730
PM. The village has shops on either side of the road, selling fresh fruits and
vegetables, fish and chicken broilers for meat lovers, there were sweet shops,
clothiers and footwear shops too. It was
like a mini market. There is BOI branch too.

The village also houses a petrol pump and motor repairs
shops. The petrol rate is Rs.2 higher than the price in Mumbai.

There were many tum tum here. There is also a small ST bus
depot here. Buses ply to Roha from here. No buses go to Murud. We were amazed
to hear that buses ply to Mumbai too from here. Time table of the bus depot
attached. The time table is subject to change.

ST bus stand at Tala Village

Bus time table at Tala Village ST bus depot

There is also a Sulabh Sauchalaya in Tala Village, it is
next to the tum tum stand, from the outside it looks shabby but the toilets are
clean within. Urinal free and stool is Rs.5. Rates subject to change.

Now we had to find a place to stay for the night, we learnt
from the locals, that there is just one hotel in Tala. MTDC hotel (Shinde
Plaza) located on the outskirts of Tala Village. The rooms were not that great,
they quoted a price of Rs.1000 for Non AC and Rs.1700 for AC rooms. The rooms
have hot water facility and western toilet. One cannot make choices as it is
the only hotel. We managed to get a room here. We did try negotiating but were
informed no negotiation.

Accomodation at Shinde Plaza near Tala Village

Beer is available near MTDC hotel. Though we didn't have
Beer, this is FYI.

We had Indian Chinese cuisine for dinner and it was finger
licking good.

Dinner (Chinese) near Hotel Shinde Plaza

The next morning, we woke up, had breakfast in the form of
vada and kanda bhaji along with tea at Hotel Sai Kripa and started our journey
to Kude Caves located around 12 KM away. NOTE: Please click on the words in large font in the blog to read about them.